Xerox Corporation v. Google Inc. et al
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE XEROX CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. GOOGLE INC., YAHOO! INC., RIGHT MEDIA INC., RIGHT MEDIA LLC, YOUTUBE, INC., and YOUTUBE, LLC, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
C.A. No. 10-136-JJF-MPT DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT Plaintiff Xerox Corporation ("Xerox"), for its Amended Complaint herein against defendants Google Inc. ("Google"), Yahoo! Inc. ("Yahoo"), Right Media Inc., Right Media LLC (collectively, "Right Media"), YouTube, Inc. and YouTube, LLC (collectively, "YouTube") (all collectively, "Defendants"), upon personal knowledge as to its own actions and upon information and belief as to the actions of others, hereby alleges as follows: NATURE OF THE ACTION 1. This is an action for patent infringement. PARTIES 2. Plaintiff Xerox is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
New York, having its principal place of business at 45 Glover Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06850. Xerox is a global provider of document-management technology and services. 3. Defendant Google is a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of Delaware, having its principal place of business at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043. Google is a provider of internet search and advertising services.
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Defendant Yahoo is a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of Delaware, having its principal place of business at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, California 94089. Yahoo is a provider of internet search and advertising services. 5. Defendant Right Media Inc. is a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of Delaware, and Defendant Right Media LLC is a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, both having their principal places of business at 45 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011. Right Media is a provider of internet advertising services. 6. Defendant YouTube, Inc. is a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of Delaware, and Defendant YouTube, LLC is a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, both having their principal places of business at 901 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066. YouTube is a video platform providing online general purpose video resources to the web community. JURISDICTION AND VENUE 7. This action arises under the patent laws of the United States of America,
35 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. This court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a). 8. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendants Google, Yahoo,
Right Media and YouTube because they are organized and exist under the laws of Delaware. 9. Venue is proper in this judicial district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)
and (c) and 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b). COUNT I GOOGLE'S INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,778,979 10. Paragraphs 1-9 are incorporated herein by reference.
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Xerox is the lawful owner, by assignment, of the entire right, title and
interest in United States Patent No. 6,778,979 (the "'979 Patent"), entitled "System for Automatically Generating Queries", which was duly and legally issued on August 17, 2004 to inventors Gregory T. Grefenstette and James G. Shanahan. A true and complete copy of the '979 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit A. 12. The '979 Patent claims systems, methods and articles of manufacture for
automatically generating queries, or searches, for information related to a document. 13. Google makes and uses services, facilities and/or software that
automatically generate queries based on the content of web pages to retrieve related advertisements and/or other content. These services, facilities and/or software include, without limitation, Google AdSense and AdWords. 14. Google performs all elements of the infringed claims of the '979 Patent by
making and using services, facilities and/or software that automatically generate queries based on the content of web pages to retrieve related advertisements and/or other content, and by selling and/or offering for sale such services, facilities and/or software to third parties at its website. 15. Google has infringed the '979 Patent within this judicial district and
elsewhere by making, using, selling and/or offering to sell services, facilities and/or software that automatically generate queries based on the content of web pages to retrieve related advertisements and/or other content, which embody the '979 Patent, and by making these services, facilities and/or software available for others to use via the internet, without authority to do so. Google serves millions of online advertisements and/or other content in this judicial district and elsewhere using the claimed inventions of the '979 Patent.
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Xerox has notified Google of the '979 Patent and of its infringement.
Google therefore has actual or constructive knowledge of the '979 Patent and of its infringement and is willfully infringing the '979 Patent. 17. Xerox has been damaged by Google's infringement of the '979 Patent, has
been irreparably harmed by that infringement, and will suffer additional damages and irreparable harm unless this Court enjoins Google from further infringement. COUNT II GOOGLE'S INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,236,994 18. 19. Paragraphs 1-17 are incorporated herein by reference. Xerox is the lawful owner, by assignment, of the entire right, title and
interest in United States Patent No. 6,236,994 (the "'994 Patent"), entitled "Method and Apparatus for the Integration of Information and Knowledge", which was duly and legally issued on May 22, 2001 to inventors Ronald M. Swartz, Jeffrey L. Winkler, Evelyn A. Janos, Igor Markidan and Qun Dou. A true and complete copy of the '994 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit B. 20. The '994 Patent claims systems and methods for integrating information
from heterogeneous document and data sources. 21. Google makes and uses Google Maps, a web-based application that
integrates information related to maps, addresses, directions, points of interest and businesses with data from user reviews and ratings. 22. Google makes and uses Google Video, a web-based application for video
hosting and sharing that integrates information related to videos with data from user reviews and ratings.
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Google performs all elements of the infringed claims of the '994 Patent by
making and/or using Google Maps and/or Google Video. 24. Google has infringed the '994 Patent within this judicial district and
elsewhere by making and/or using Google Maps and Google Video, which embody the '994 Patent, and by making the services, facilities and/or software available for others to use via the internet, without authority to do so. Google serves Google Maps and Google Video web pages in this judicial district and elsewhere using the claimed inventions of the '994 Patent. 25. Xerox has notified Google of the '994 Patent and of its infringement.
Google therefore has actual or constructive knowledge of the '994 Patent and of its infringement and is willfully infringing the '994 Patent. 26. Xerox has been damaged by Google's infringement of the '994 Patent, has
been irreparably harmed by that infringement, and will suffer additional damages and irreparable harm unless this Court enjoins Google from further infringement. COUNT III YAHOO'S INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,778,979 27. 28. Paragraphs 1-26 are incorporated herein by reference. Yahoo makes and uses services, facilities and/or software that
automatically generate queries based on the content of web pages to retrieve related advertisements and/or other content. These services, facilities and/or software include, without limitation, Yahoo! Content Match, Yahoo! Search Marketing, Yahoo! Publisher Network and/or Y!Q Contextual Search. . 29. Yahoo performs all elements of the infringed claims of the '979 Patent by
making and using services, facilities and/or software that automatically generate queries based on the content of web pages to retrieve related advertisements and/or other content, and by
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selling and/or offering for sale such services, facilities and/or software to third parties at its website. 30. Yahoo has infringed the '979 Patent within this judicial district and
elsewhere by making, using, selling and/or offering to sell services, facilities and/or software that automatically generate queries based on the content of web pages to retrieve related advertisements and/or other content, which embody the '979 Patent, and by making these services, facilities and/or software available for others to use via the internet, without authority to do so. Yahoo serves millions of online advertisements and/or other content in this judicial district and elsewhere using the claimed inventions of the '979 Patent. 31. Xerox has notified Yahoo of the '979 Patent and of its infringement.
Yahoo therefore has actual or constructive knowledge of the '979 Patent and of its infringement and is willfully infringing the '979 Patent. 32. Xerox has been damaged by Yahoo's infringement of the '979 Patent, has
been irreparably harmed by that infringement, and will suffer additional damages and irreparable harm unless this Court enjoins Yahoo from further infringement. COUNT IV YAHOO'S INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,236,994 33. 34. Paragraphs 1-32 are incorporated herein by reference. Yahoo makes and uses Yahoo! Shopping, a web-based system offering
products for sale that integrates information related to products with data from user reviews and ratings. 35. Yahoo makes and uses Yahoo! Video, a web-based application for video
hosting and sharing that integrates information related to videos with data from user reviews and ratings.
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Yahoo performs all elements of the infringed claims of the '994 Patent by
making and/or using Yahoo! Shopping and/or Yahoo! Video. 37. Yahoo has infringed the '994 Patent within this judicial district and
elsewhere by making and/or using Yahoo! Shopping and/or Yahoo! Video, which embody the '994 Patent, and by making the services, facilities and/or software available for others to use via the internet, without authority to do so. Yahoo serves Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Video web pages in this judicial district and elsewhere using the claimed inventions of the '994 Patent. 38. Xerox has notified Yahoo of the '994 Patent and of its infringement.
Yahoo therefore has actual or constructive knowledge of the '994 Patent and of its infringement and is willfully infringing the '994 Patent. 39. Xerox has been damaged by Yahoo's infringement of the '994 Patent, has
been irreparably harmed by that infringement, and will suffer additional damages and irreparable harm unless this Court enjoins Yahoo from further infringement. COUNT V RIGHT MEDIA'S INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,778,979 40. 41. Paragraphs 1-39 are incorporated herein by reference. Right Media makes and uses services, facilities and/or software that
automatically generate queries based on the content of web pages to retrieve related advertisements and/or other content. These services, facilities and/or software include, without limitation, Right Media Exchange. 42. Right Media performs all elements of the infringed claims of the '979
Patent by making and using services, facilities and/or software that automatically generate queries based on the content of web pages to retrieve related advertisements and/or other content,
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and by selling and/or offering for sale such services, facilities and/or software to third parties at its website. 43. Right Media has infringed the '979 Patent within this judicial district and
elsewhere by making, using, selling and/or offering to sell services, facilities and/or software that automatically generate queries based on the content of web pages to retrieve related advertisements and/or other content, which embody the '979 Patent, and by making these services, facilities and/or software available for others to use via the internet, without authority to do so. Right Media serves millions of online advertisements and/or other content in this judicial district and elsewhere using the claimed inventions of the '979 Patent. 44. Right Media has actual or constructive knowledge of the '979 Patent and
of its infringement and is willfully infringing the '979 Patent. 45. Xerox has been damaged by Right Media's infringement of the '979
Patent, has been irreparably harmed by that infringement, and will suffer additional damages and irreparable harm unless this Court enjoins Right Media from further infringement. COUNT VI YOUTUBE'S INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,236,994 46. 47. Paragraphs 1-45 are incorporated herein by reference. YouTube makes and uses YouTube.com, a website for video hosting and
sharing that integrates information related to videos with data from user reviews and ratings. 48. YouTube performs all elements of the infringed claims of the '994 Patent
by making and using YouTube.com. 49. YouTube has infringed the '994 Patent within this judicial district and
elsewhere by making and/or using YouTube.com, which embodies the '994 Patent, and by making the services, facilities and/or software available for others to use via the internet, without
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authority to do so. YouTube serves millions of online videos in this judicial district and elsewhere using the claimed inventions of the '994 Patent. 50. YouTube has actual or constructive knowledge of the '994 Patent and of
its infringement and is willfully infringing the '994 Patent. 51. Xerox has been damaged by YouTube's infringement of the '994 Patent,
has been irreparably harmed by that infringement, and will suffer additional damages and irreparable harm unless this Court enjoins YouTube from further infringement. 52. This case is an exceptional case, and Xerox is entitled to an award of
reasonable attorneys' fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285. PRAYER FOR RELIEF WHEREFORE, Plaintiff demands judgment: A. declaring that Google has infringed the '979 Patent and the '994 Patent,
and finding such infringement willful; B. declaring that Yahoo has infringed the '979 Patent and the '994 Patent,
and finding such infringement willful; C. infringement willful; D. infringement willful; E. enjoining Defendants, their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys declaring that YouTube has infringed the '994 Patent, and finding such declaring that Right Media has infringed the '979 Patent, and finding such
and all other persons in active concert or participation with any of them from infringing the '979 Patent and the '994 Patent, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 283; F. awarding Xerox compensatory damages for Defendants' infringement,
together with interest and costs pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 284;
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trebling any and all damages awarded to Xerox, pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
§ 284, for the willful acts of infringement complained of herein; H. and I. proper. JURY DEMAND Xerox demands a trial by jury on all issues so triable. ASHBY & GEDDES, P.A. /s/ John G. Day _________________________________ Lawrence C. Ashby (I.D. #468) John G. Day (I.D. #2403) Lauren E. Maguire (I.D. #4261) 500 Delaware Avenue, 8th Floor P.O. Box 1150 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 654-1888 lashby@ashby-geddes.com jday@ashby-geddes.com lmaguire@ashby-geddes.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Xerox Corporation Of Counsel: Richard J. Stark Andrei Harasymiak CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP Worldwide Plaza 825 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019 (212) 474-1000 rstark@cravath.com aharasymiak@cravath.com Dated: March 29, 2010 granting Xerox such other and further relief as this Court deems just and awarding Xerox reasonable attorneys' fees pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285;
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